Close to the Wind. The Early Memoirs (1866-1879) of Admiral Sir William Creswell ... Ed. by P. Thompson.

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London: Heinemann (1965). 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dusjacket (slightly worn). (x 210pp.). With 8 full-page plates 1 full-page map and endpaper maps. 1st ed. NOTE: William Rooke Creswell (1852-1933) served as an officer in the Royal Navy from 1866-1878. In 1879 he came to Australia joined the local naval forces and in 1905 he was appointed the first Director of the new Royal Australian Navy.